Congrats for hiring Alen Halilovic. He is actually one of the best young talents in Europe. I'm glad to see HSV buying good players again. All the best for the upcoming season. I bet you will finish on the top 5.

Hamburg escaped relegation from the Bundesliga last season but they remain German football’s favourite figure of fun and their opening match of the season against the champions is unlikely to help matters

The former Germany international Marcell Jansen has called time on his career at the age of just 29 after he was released by Hamburg at the end of last season, justifying his decision by admitting: ‘I can’t just suddenly kiss another badge now’